European Commission head Guenther Oettinger has signaled an intention to reject the Italian budget, triggering an inevitable showdown between Rome and Brussels.

If recent polls are to be believed, Brazilians will elect an anti-establishment firebrand as president on October 28.

At a time when democracy appears to be declining globally, positive developments in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe merit a closer look.

S&P Global has recently warned that hidden, local-level debt in China could be as high as $6 trillion.

Infections have more than doubled since aid operations were disrupted by a wave of rebel attacks.

Signals abound that the EU and UK are headed toward a hard Brexit.

Iran nuclear deal stakeholders are scrambling to evade or circumvent looming US sanctions, but there’s one major hurdle they must clear: the US financial system.

With its relative stability and longtime animus toward Iran, Morocco might just be Saudi Arabia’s trump card in North Africa.

A new world of consensus and collaboration is not a better place. It is the only way for the human race to survive.

A backgrounder on the internal politics of Ukraine, a country caught in an East-West geopolitical crossfire.